Archive of News (2022)

House Passes Bill to Give $2.7 Billion to Families of 9/11 Victims

The measure passed on an overwhelming bipartisan vote.

9/11 survivors upset latest legislation doesn’t include $3B for World Trade Center health program funding gap

The “Fairness for 9/11 Families Act” was approved by the House on Friday, leaving many survivors and responders wondering why a similar bill is not advancing to shore up their underfunded health program.

9/11 survivors fight changes to health care program

A New York City law firm is fighting some major changes to the 9/11 health care program that ensures survivors of 9/11 with long-term illnesses will get the care and medications they need.

Firefighters lost to 9/11 illnesses top 300 with latest deaths

The death toll of firefighters felled by 9/11-related illnesses has surpassed 300, with one of the latest victims buried Thursday following a funeral Mass in Floral Park.

FDNY Hits Sad Milestone

Three FDNY members died in the past week from 9/11-related illnesses, pushing the death toll for members who toiled at ground zero in the weeks after the 2001 terrorist attacks to more than 300.

Number of FDNY members lost to 9/11 related illnesses surpasses 300, ‘Unreal,’ firefighter’s daughter says of figure

The Fire Department lost 343 members who responded to the World Trade Center on 9/11.

Wall in Nesconset adds nearly 400 names of people who’ve died of 9/11-related diseases over a year

The annual ceremony Saturday honored the 384 people whose names were engraved in the three large granite walls of 9/11 Responders Remembered Park in Nesconset, bringing the total to 1,990.

9/11 Heroes Need Your Help! Send A Letter Now

It is critical that we renew our commitment to fighting for the responders and survivors of 9/11, and demonstrate that “Never Forget” is more than a slogan.

EDITORIAL: Choosing to Remember but Forgetting to Support

Through poor planning and political division, the medical care and support of 9/11 survivors has become a minute detail in many politicians’ support roster.

Mortality after the 9/11 terrorist attacks among world trade center health registry enrollees with cancer

We examined associations of 9/11-related exposures with mortality in WTC Health Registry enrollees diagnosed with cancer before and after 9/11/2001.